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Most Wickets in 2003: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 2003 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2003
249 entries
1
104
Makhaya Ntini
SA
10 clear of Muttiah Muralitharan
2
94
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
10 off the lead
3
84
Brett Lee
AUS
20 off the lead
● LEADS
Makhaya Ntini
SA
104 · 10 ahead of Muralitharan
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
49
The mark at number ten — 239 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
249 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Makhaya Ntini
SA
104
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
94
3
Brett Lee
AUS
84
4
Shaun Pollock
SA
72
5
Andy Bichel
AUS
70
6
James Anderson
ENG
67
7
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
63
8
Jason Gillespie
AUS
59
9
Stuart MacGill
AUS
57
9
Chaminda Vaas
SL
57
10
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
49
10
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
49
11
Mohammad Sami
PAK
48
12
Zaheer Khan
IND
47
13
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
46
13
Heath Streak
ZIM
46
14
Vasbert Drakes
WI
45
15
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
41
15
Brad Hogg
AUS
41
16
Corey Collymore
WI
39
17
Umar Gul
PAK
38
17
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
38
17
Jacob Oram
NZ
38
18
Andrew Hall
SA
37
18
Glenn McGrath
AUS
37
18
Ashley Giles
ENG
37
19
Ajit Agarkar
IND
36
19
Daniel Vettori
NZ
36
20
Ray Price
ZIM
35
20
Mervyn Dillon
WI
35
21
Anil Kumble
IND
34
22
Jacques Kallis
SA
33
23
Paul Adams
SA
32
23
Steve Harmison
ENG
32
24
Danish Kaneria
PAK
31
25
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
30
26
Shoaib Malik
PAK
28
26
Harbhajan Singh
IND
28
26
Ian Harvey
AUS
28
26
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
28
27
Brad Williams
AUS
27
27
Javagal Srinath
IND
27
27
Richard Johnson
ENG
27
27
Andy Caddick
ENG
27
28
Chris Gayle
WI
26
28
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
26
28
Shane Bond
NZ
26
29
Andre Adams
NZ
25
29
Scott Styris
NZ
25
29
Fidel Edwards
WI
25
29
Prabath Nissanka
SL
25
30
Nathan Bracken
AUS
24
30
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
24
31
Andre Nel
SA
23
32
Tapash Baisya
BAN
22
32
Ashish Nehra
IND
22
32
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
22
33
James Kirtley
ENG
21
34
Wavell Hinds
WI
20
34
Sean Ervine
ZIM
20
35
Collins Obuya
KEN
18
35
Omari Banks
WI
18
35
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
18
35
Dilhara Fernando
SL
18
36
Alan Dawson
SA
17
37
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
16
37
Jermaine Lawson
WI
16
38
Darren Gough
ENG
15
38
Darren Lehmann
AUS
15
39
Andrew Symonds
AUS
14
39
Aravinda de Silva
SL
14
39
Alok Kapali
BAN
14
40
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
13
41
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
12
41
Wasim Akram
PAK
12
41
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
12
41
Steve Tikolo
KEN
12
41
Paul Wiseman
NZ
12
41
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
12
41
Kyle Mills
NZ
12
42
Tim de Leede
NED
11
42
Robin Peterson
SA
11
42
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
11
42
Rikki Clarke
ENG
11
42
Simon Katich
AUS
11
42
Virender Sehwag
IND
11
43
Martin Bicknell
ENG
10
43
John Davison
CAN
10
43
Ian Butler
NZ
10
44
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
9
44
Craig White
ENG
9
44
Marlon Samuels
WI
9
44
Gareth Batty
ENG
9
44
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
9
45
Waqar Younis
PAK
8
45
Manjurul Islam
BAN
8
45
Michael Clarke
AUS
8
45
Martin Suji
KEN
8
45
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
8
46
Chris Harris
NZ
7
46
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
7
46
Sourav Ganguly
IND
7
46
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
7
46
Ian Blackwell
ENG
7
46
Ronnie Irani
ENG
7
47
Anthony McGrath
ENG
6
47
Yuvraj Singh
IND
6
47
Shane Watson
AUS
6
47
Adeel Raja
NED
6
47
Chris Cairns
NZ
6
47
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
6
47
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
6
47
Louis Burger
NAM
6
47
Austin Codrington
CAN
6
47
Peter Ongondo
KEN
6
48
Tony Suji
KEN
5
48
Brian Murphy
ZIM
5
48
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
5
48
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
5
48
Nicky Boje
SA
5
48
Lance Klusener
SA
5
48
Dewald Pretorius
SA
5
48
Davis Joseph
CAN
5
48
Daan van Bunge
NED
5
48
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
5
48
Upul Chandana
SL
5
48
Dinesh Mongia
IND
5
48
Mark Butcher
ENG
5
48
Jerome Taylor
WI
5
48
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
5
48
Ricardo Powell
WI
5
48
Kabir Ali
ENG
5
48
Rajin Saleh
BAN
5
49
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
4
49
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
4
49
Murali Kartik
IND
4
49
Matthew Walker
NZ
4
49
Tama Canning
NZ
4
49
Roland Lefebvre
NED
4
49
Edgar Schiferli
NED
4
49
Nathan Astle
NZ
4
49
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
4
49
Guy Whittall
ZIM
4
50
Grant Flower
ZIM
3
50
Joseph Angara
KEN
3
50
Aasif Karim
KEN
3
50
Ashish Patel
CAN
3
50
Nicholas de Groot
CAN
3
50
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
3
50
Nantie Hayward
SA
3
50
Dinusha Fernando
SL
3
50
Jan-Berrie Burger
NAM
3
50
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3
50
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
3
50
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
3
50
Junaid Zia
PAK
3
50
Russel Arnold
SL
3
50
Shane Warne
AUS
3
50
Martin Saggers
ENG
3
50
Paul Collingwood
ENG
3
50
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
3
50
Carl Hooper
WI
3
50
Adam Sanford
WI
3
50
Pedro Collins
WI
3
50
Michael Vaughan
ENG
3
51
Ryan Hurley
WI
2
51
Ehsanul Haque
BAN
2
51
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2
51
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
2
51
Amit Mishra
IND
2
51
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
2
51
Chamila Gamage
SL
2
51
Yasir Ali
BAN
2
51
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
2
51
Steve Waugh
AUS
2
51
Sarandeep Singh
IND
2
51
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
2
51
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
2
51
Dharshana Gamage
SL
2
51
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
2
51
Graeme Smith
SA
2
51
Monde Zondeki
SA
2
51
Jacques Rudolph
SA
2
51
Deon Kotze
NAM
2
51
Gary Brent
ZIM
2
51
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
2
51
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
2
51
Travis Friend
ZIM
2
52
Henry Olonga
ZIM
1
52
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
1
52
Lennie Louw
NAM
1
52
Burton van Rooi
NAM
1
52
Allan Donald
SA
1
52
Barry Seebaran
CAN
1
52
Charl Willoughby
SA
1
52
Charl Langeveldt
SA
1
52
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
1
52
Michael Mason
NZ
1
52
Irfan Pathan
IND
1
52
Sanjay Bangar
IND
1
52
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
1
52
Imran Farhat
PAK
1
52
Charitha Buddhika
SL
1
52
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
1
52
Damien Martyn
AUS
1
52
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1
52
Manzarul Islam
BAN
1
52
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
1
52
Richard Dawson
ENG
1
52
David Bernard
WI
1
53
Tino Best
WI
0
53
Daren Powell
WI
0
53
Brian Lara
WI
0
53
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
0
53
Nixon McLean
WI
0
53
Daren Ganga
WI
0
53
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
0
53
Ravi Rampaul
WI
0
53
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
0
53
Enamul Haque
BAN
0
53
Habibul Bashar
BAN
0
53
Tareq Aziz
BAN
0
53
Jamaluddin Ahmed
BAN
0
53
Hannan Sarkar
BAN
0
53
Talha Jubair
BAN
0
53
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
0
53
Saleem Elahi
PAK
0
53
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
0
53
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0
53
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
0
53
Thilan Thushara
SL
0
53
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
0
53
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
0
53
Younis Khan
PAK
0
53
Yasir Hameed
PAK
0
53
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
0
53
Hemang Badani
IND
0
53
Luuk van Troost
NED
0
53
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
0
53
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
0
53
Craig McMillan
NZ
0
53
Nicholas Ifill
CAN
0
53
Ishwar Maraj
CAN
0
53
Sarel Burger
NAM
0
53
Barney Rogers
ZIM
0
53
Richard Sims
ZIM
0
53
Alfred Luseno
KEN
0
53
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
0
53
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
0
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